Today we remember the Los Angeles Lakers
Brad Rempel, USA TODAY Sports Kobe Bryant is dead wrong. A few hours before the Lakers closed out their worst season (record-wise) since moving to Los Angeles in 1960, Kobe made his feelings known on...
View ArticleTwo Sides to Every Rebuild
Photo via marc falardeau on Flickr. When the Cavs and Magic face off tonight, they will have a lot of things in common. Both teams have redefined or are in the process of redefining their identities...
View Article15 Footer, 2/25/2013: Playoff Implications (Or Not)
Photo via Heiko Brinkmann on Flickr. As February draws to a close, we’re getting to the point in the season where every game that isn’t in the Bobcats-Suns tier has playoff implications. Teams are on...
View ArticleSean & Jovan Compare NBA Players to Rappers
A couple weeks ago, I appeared on ClipperBlog Live, a Google Hangout-based show held after every Clippers game on HP’s TrueHoop sister site ClipperBlog. I’d made a few appearances previously, but this...
View ArticleLion Face/Lemon Face, 2/25/13: The Wilson Chandler Show
Lion Face: Bradley Beal The Wizards’ third overall pick had another stellar game, something that’s becoming a regularity for him lately. His shooting mastery was the only thing watchable about a game...
View ArticleAndrew Bynum Considering Surgery, Future Up in the Air
When the Philadelphia 76ers traded for Andrew Bynum as part of the four-team August blockbuster that sent Dwight Howard to the Lakers, they thought they had landed a franchise center. But Bynum has...
View ArticleVIDEO: Serge Ibaka Hits Blake Griffin in the Groin
(video via Beyond the Buzzer) Serge Ibaka appeared to deliberately hit Blake Griffin in the groin as they battled for position late in the fourth quarter of the Thunder’s 108-104 Sunday win over the...
View ArticleNBA Heads to Philippines for Exhibition Game
The Philippines’ new MOA Arena. Photo via InterAKTV. The NBA is making good on its promise to expand on its international footprint even further. A source told the Filipino site InterAKTV that the...
View ArticleBirdman: An Appreciation
There has been no shortage of things written about the Miami Heat’s 23-game win streak. Most of the focus is, as it should be, on LeBron’s slow, inevitable march to immortality. But if you put aside...
View ArticleTomorrow Never Knows
My life as a Blazers fan has been dominated by five words: “Point Guard of the Future.” Since Damon Stoudamire, a different potential floor general has been brought in nearly every year, each one...
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